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SUMMARY:Presentation: The Southern BC Cougar Project with Siobhan Darlingto
 n
DESCRIPTION:May 12\, 2026\n\nThe Southern BC Cougar Project with Siobhan Da
 rlington\nCougars are an important but understudied game species in Britis
 h Columbia and are the main predators of mule deer. The Southern BC Cougar
  Project (www.bccougarproject.weebly.com) was launched in 2019 to capture\
 , GPS-collar\, and track adult cougars across three regions of the souther
 n interior to better understand their demography\, reproduction\, habitat 
 use\, and diet. Over six years\, our team monitored 56 cougars\, tagged 62
  kittens from 27 litters\, and documented 916 confirmed cougar kills acros
 s the landscape. We found that males had significantly lower survival than
  females\, with mortality risk doubling near urban areas. Female cougars h
 ad smaller litters than those reported elsewhere (averaging two kittens pe
 r litter). Males most often killed adult moose and elk\, while females mai
 nly preyed on deer\; however\, in summer\, small prey made up nearly half 
 of kills for both sexes. Cougars most often killed large ungulates along t
 he edges of regenerating cutblocks and burns that were 10–20 years old d
 uring spring\, summer\, and fall. These findings fill major knowledge gaps
  in cougar ecology in BC\, provide valuable baseline data for wildlife man
 agement\, and highlight key threats to both cougars and their prey on the 
 landscape.\nDr. Siobhan Darlington\, RPBio (she/her) is a carnivore biolog
 ist specializing in the roles of landscape change in shaping predator-prey
  dynamics. Originally from Nova\nScotia\, she has studied cougars\, white-
 tailed deer\, caribou\, grizzly bear\, and songbirds across western Canada
  and the maritime provinces in the past 10+ years. In her spare time\, she
  and her partner David are naturalists\, avid bird watchers\, and bird ban
 ders at Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory near OK Falls.
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